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Anthony Morehouse, a man of leisure, stumbles upon a surprising prize when he wins The Ladies’ Fashionable—a women’s periodical—in a high-stakes card game. Intending to sell the magazine to its editor, he is instead drawn into a nostalgic rivalry with Edwina Parrish, his childhood nemesis who once outwitted him and claimed a family heirloom from him. Determined not to lose another of his prized possessions, Anthony proposes a new wager: if Edwina wins the game, she receives the magazine; if he wins, he keeps the paper and regains his heirloom. The contest forces both to confront their past, their ambitions, and the unconventional fortunes of the upper‑class society they inhabit.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Candice Hern
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